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Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Future Super has gone carbon neutral by establishing a carbon offsetting program with the assistance of South Pole Group. Simon Sheikh, managing director, Future Super Future Super has calculated its portfolio's carbon intensity and purchased offset ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... right into a discussion into adding an activist hedge fund, and neither would you jump right into a discussion about a low carbon index," As with any best practice investing, you do need to start with learning a little bit about the potential for this ...

AXA IM to launch second impact investing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... tropical rainforests while building healthy lifestyles - that is, the improvement of livelihoods through the utilisation of carbon credits for rainforest protection." AXA IM believes that the decarbonisation of the global economy is underway, with the ...

Mining companies not adequately managing carbon risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The world's largest metal and mining companies are not adequately managing carbon and water risks, and most are unsupportive of new climate regulation, according to the CDP. CDP has published a new report, Making the grade: Are some miners chasing fool's ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... behaviour, such as laws and regulations to address failures in financial markets and provide signals, such as a price on carbon, soft laws - regulatory bodies statements and codes and practices promulgated by the asset owners themselves is having a large ...

The price of climate change to impact portfolios: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... way to mine for alpha opportunities or "to reflect social values in portfolios." In one example, the report analyses the carbon intensity of an insurer's corporate debt portfolio, and points to research that ties improving carbon efficiency to equity ...

GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... often considered in isolation," said Michael Meehan, chief executive, GRI. Risks from climate change include issues beyond carbon and energy, such as population migration, human rights, inequality, corruption, and many others. It is important we consider ...

CDP publishes Aust/NZ climate leaders report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... operations," Day said. "Investors will be interested in the very high returns on investment achieved by many companies on their carbon reduction initiatives. Returns on investment as high as 10,000% were achieved by PanAust, 3,500% by Rio Tinto, and ...

Cbus Super hires new investment manager - ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Capital Asia financial portfolio," according to Cbus. Bradford also contributes to the World Resources Institute Portfolio Carbon Initiative, a scheme leader for the International Society of Sustainable Professionals and mentor for Executive Women Australia. ...

CDP Names Climate A List in 2015 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Nearly 90% of two thousand companies around the world have activities in place that are lowering their carbon emissions output, according to the CDP's 2015 Climate Change Repor t. CDP has also released its 2015 Climate A List, which acknowledges the ...